North Korea Brings 'Dear Xi' Letter

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Alastair Gale in Seoul and

Brian Spegele in Beijing

Updated May 24, 2013 12:50 p.m. ET

A North Korean envoy gave Chinese President Xi Jinping a handwritten letter from Kim Jong Un on Friday and said Pyongyang wanted to solve diplomatic issues through dialogue, Chinese state media reported.

The high-level move signaled some apprehension in Pyongyang that Beijing is growing impatient with the volatile state's actions and appeared aimed at assuaging its main benefactor's concerns in order to secure vital continued economic...